Geography

Question 1

How are deserts classified?

Answer 1

By the amount of precipitation per year.

Question 2

How much % does deserts cover of the earth?

Answer 2

30%

Question 3

Types of Deserts

Answer 3

Semi-Arid

Arid

Extremely Arid

Question 4

Where are deserts located?

Answer 4

Around the tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricon

Question 5

What are the seasons like?

Answer 5

Hot summers and warm winters

Question 6

Temperature range

Answer 6

From 45C to -15C in 24 hour period.

Question 7

Why rain is rare?

Answer 7

Winds become sry when they reach the western sides of the continents, and hence don’t bring any rain with them.

Question 8

What are cold deserts?

Answer 8

Lie on the high ground of the tropic of cancer and south of the tropic of Capricorn

Question 9

What are Polar Deserts?

Answer 9

Any precipitation is snow
Winters are cold and windy, while summers are dry and mildly warm. Lie very north and very south.

Question 10

Where are deserts normally located?

Answer 10

Found in the interior of continents.
Winds blowing over the continents are dry by the time they get to the interior of the continents the Leeward side of the mountain.

Question 11

What are desert landforms?

Answer 11

Depression/basin
The surrounding highlands around depressions/basins cause a rain shadow effect leaving the land dry.

Question 12

What is a Plateau?

Answer 12

A broad, level and elevated region commonly bounded partly by cliffs.

Question 13

What is a mesa?

Answer 13

Small, flat-topped hill bounded by cliffs. They are usually wider then they are high.

Question 14

What is a butte?

Answer 14

Narrow hill of resistant rock bounded by cliffs. Usually wider than they are high.

Question 15

What is a Wadi?

Answer 15

Steep-sided, flat-floored water course which is usually dry.

Question 16

What is an Alluvial fan

Answer 16

Alluvial fans are fan-shaped deposits of material In the zone of deposition. they form where water flowing down wadis meets the deserts and dumps its sediments.

Question 17

What is a Playa lake?

Answer 17

Ephemeral lakes where water flows into a desert depression. Eventually, the water evaporates and salt pans or clay pans are formed.

Question 18

What is an Inselberg?

Answer 18

Isolated hill or harder rock

Question 19

What is a Bolson?

Answer 19

Flat desert basin

Question 20

Where do people live and why?

Answer 20

Because of many different factors, including the availability of water, food and jobs, weather, transportation, healthcare, education, and overall how enjoyable and suitable it is for them. It can also depend on income, cultural background, lifestyle, values, and beliefs.

Question 21

Measuring liveability

Answer 21

Why we live where we do comes into 5 factors: Relief (flat land), fertile soil, climate, resources, and water.

Question 22

Ranking/measuring

Answer 22

Liveability has its own 5 factors: stability, healthcare, culture, education, and infrastructure. An example is Melbourne. They are ranked in the top 10 most liveable cities because of the healthcare that they provide. It is free for the citizens, ensuring their safety in case of accidents.

Question 23

Why are some places more liveable than others?

Answer 23

Some places are more liveable than others because they have better healthcare, education, culture, education, and infrastructure. The factors of ranking liveability are very important and if they have a good amount of each, it makes it more liveable.

Question 24

Most liveable cities

Answer 24

Some of the most liveable cities include Melbourne, Perth, and Adelaide in Australia. These cities are ranked as the most liveable because the factors of liveability are high and safe. For example, Melbourne has free healthcare for its citizens, ensuring safety and healthy life.

Question 25

Least liveable cities

Answer 25

Some of the least liveable cities include Harare in Zimbabwe and Kyiv in Ukraine. These cities are ranked lowest as liveable cities because of the state of the city. For example, Kyiv has a bad ranking due to the economical state of the city, with it having many economic crises due to the war that they have been involved in. And Harare is ranked low due to the cleanliness and sanitation of the city, with no proper waste management to keep the city clean.

Question 26

Improving Liveability
The best way to improve liveability is to do things that improve the five factors of good liveability.

Answer 26

For stability, making sure that governments stay out of corruption, that they stay out of war and that will result in less motive for terrorism.

Healthcare, making sure that it is accessible to everyone so that everyone can stay healthy in the case of an accident. We can do this by making it affordable or in the best case free.

Culture is different in every country. But what makes it a good factor is that it is special and can be celebrated differently.

For education, we can build more schools and create better education systems for children to learn and have a good education.

For infrastructure, making sure that there is high quality and clean roads, buildings, streets, etc.

Question 27

Improving Sustainability

Answer 27

You can improve sustainability by using products that are safe for the environment and that they are safe for people to use regularly. Products that can save important things such as water, create energy, or even make a safe and affordable home for you to live in. Products like these can improve sustainability.
Another way to improve sustainability is to assess what are the needs that have to be met for the current generation. Some resources, such as coal, oil, and natural gas are non-renewable, meaning that one day we will run out of them.
Though other energy sources such as wind, forests, solar energy, and water are renewable. This means that they are available in a continuous supply or can regenerate naturally in most conditions.

Question 28

Types of Graphs

Answer 28

Climate graph: A climate graph displays yearly temperature and precipitation statistics for a particular location. Temperature (C) is measured using the numbers on the left-hand side of the chart. The average temperature for each month is plotted on the graph with a red dot and the dots are then connected in a smooth, red line.

Question 29

PQE Method: Cartogram

Answer 29

Simply put, a cartogram is a map. But a cartogram is a unique type of map because it combines statistical information with geographic location. Physical or topographical maps show relative area, distance, and terrain, but they do not provide any data about the inhabitants of a place.

Pattern: Give a general overview of the pattern, referring to particular areas.

Quantity: Quantify your general overview using data for specific regions or countries.

Exceptions: Point out any exceptions to the pattern you have described.

Question 30

BOLTS

Answer 30

B: Border.
O: Orientation.
L: Legend.
T: Title.
S: Scale.
S: Source.

Question 31

Crow method

Answer 31

The crow method is where they use a straight line to determine the distance, instead of the roads which we use. It is like a crow that has no road to follow and can fly in a straight line.

Question 32

Ratios, linear scale, and worded ratios

Answer 32

A linear scale is a means of visually showing the scale of a map. A scale bar is a common element of map layouts. Map scale refers to the relationship (or ratio) between the distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground. For example, on a 1:100000 scale map, 1cm on the map equals 1km on the ground. A
worded ratio is the same as a number ratio, but instead of a colon it uses the word ‘represent’. So a worded ratio would be like: 1 represents 100000.